May 9, 2011
Three BKW students were recognized for community service at the Capital District YMCA’s Fourteenth Annual Student and Educator Awards Breakfast on May 3.
Sara Abbott, Adam Forti and Abigail Swint attended the breakfast with Secondary School Principal Tom McGurl.
Abbott,
a sophomore, has been tutoring kindergartners for the past three years
twice a week after school. She has organized the school’s science fair
and volunteered with the Helderberg soccer program for the past three
years.
Forti,
a sophomore, is active with his school, church, community and Boy Scout
Troup # 79. for the past two years, he was served as an Assistant Senior
Patrol leader. Recently, his peers elected him to Senior Patrol leader.
Swint, a junior, is a member of Students Service Society, a student-created, student-run volunteer community service organization at BKW, and is active with NEAT (Not Eating Along Tonight), a program which serves dinner to local community residents at a local church in Berne. She has also volunteered with Lens Crafters World Vision Program and the Red Cross effort to raise money for disaster relief in Haiti. She also volunteers at a local food pantry and tutors a group of third graders every Tuesday after school.
“In this age of 24-hour news, we are seldom reminded of the many young people who find time in their lives for community service. Doing just that is in keeping with the ideals of the YMCA,” event co-sponsor and author Rob Davis said. “We are delighted to again honor these young doers of community service for their acts of kindness that enrich their communities.”
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